Shoe-protector



A. HENRY AND G. V. B. fRICKE.

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APPUCATION HE FEB. 28. 1919.

Patented Jam. 27, 1920.

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The invention is'fully disclosed in the soV ` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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SHOE-PROTECTOR.

lpeclcation of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 27, 1920.

Application tiled February 28, 1919. Serial No. 879,897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT Henny and Gunnar Y. B. Fucini, citizens of the United States and residing at Hoboken in the county o Hudson and State of ew Jersey, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Shoe-Protectors, of whlch `the following is ya specification, such as will enable those skilled 'm the art to which it rtaihs to make and use the same.

l`s invention relates to what are known as shoe protectors, and the 'object thereof 'is to provide an improved device of this class which is made in approximate form of an over-shoe and which 1s desi ed for use by those who operate or work in mines, rolling mills, steel mills and other places of the same or other class for the purpose of protecting'the ordinary shoes worn by workmen in places of this class; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists of a device of the class specified, cenfollowing specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which 'the separate parts of our improvementare designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a shoe protector made in the general form of an overshoe' Aand involving our mventlon;

Fig. 2 a side view thereof with part of the construction broken away;

Fig. 3 a bottom plan view; and,

Fig. 4 a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

For the purpose of this description we will call our invention a protector shoe, and

'our improved protector shoe is composed of sheet steel or other sheet metal and comprisesa back part 5 and a front part 6,

. said parts being open at the top and being similar in form, when connected to a lowcut overshoe. The parts 5 and 6l are con- Iiected at 7 where they are hinged together, the hinge in thel constructionshown being composed of parts of the material of the bottomof the device, and a pin 8 which is passed through sleeve members formed from said parts in the usual manner. i

The sides 9 of the front part 6 overla the i sides 10 of the back or rear part 5, as s own at 11, and said parts, and particularly the front part, are adapted to swmg on the hinge at T so as to permit of the free use of the device in walking and the overlappin side members at 11 are preferabl provid one with a curved ove' 12 an the other with a corresponding' bead 13 which lits therein.

It will be understood that the protector shoe, or the parts 5 and 6 thereof are formed by stamping or fashioning the sht metal into the desired shape, and in this operation the soles or bottoms of the parts 5 and 6 are formed with or rovided with, projecting knobs or conica members 14 which are designed, in the usual manner, to prevent sli ping.

i,The hee `or back ortion 5 of the protector shoe is provided) with a raised member 15 which may be connected therewith in any desired manner, and which extends en'- tirely around said heel portion, and which is composed of a suitable wire mesh, and

the side parts of which are provided with 'back and secured to the body portion of said strap at 20 by means of ball and socket fastening devices 21 and 22 so as to secure the front of the sides'. of the part 15 around the ankle or over the instep.

The front part of the protector shoe is also provided with a suitable wire mesh strap 23 which is secured to one side portion thereof at 24 by' riveting or otherwise, and the opposite side portion is provided with a keeper 25 through which the free end of the strap 23 is passed, and in the use of this device said stra is passed thro-ugh said keeper and folded ack over the foot and the free end of said strap. is connected with the body portion thereof at 26 by ball and socket fastening devices 27 and 28.

The heel and toe portions of th'e protector shoe are also provided with keepers or similar devices 29 and 30, and when the protector shoe isnot in use, the toe portion may be folded backwardly as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and connected with-'the heel portion by a chain or any other suitable device 31, which also may be used for suspend ing 'the protector shoe from the belt of workmen or wearer.'

The use of this protector shoe will, of course, besimilar to that of an ordinar overshoe and in use shoes of this class wi l protect'ordinary shoes made of leather, can vas or other material from injury by acids or other li nids coming in contact therewith, and frein eat or heated articles of metal or other material when t e protector shoe or'shoes are used by miners, metal workers or other operatives.

While We have shown and described whatY appears to us to be the best method of con structing our invention, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details .thereof herein shown and described, and' changes therein and modifications thereof xnafy bemade, within the scope of the appended claim`s, v"ithout departing from the spirit of our li vlxf'e'gfltionf`or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully". described our invention,

whatwe claim as newand desire to secure by'LettersqPatent, is

"IS'A protector shoe ofthe class described comprisingV av toe part and a heel part, said {befand-.heel parts being movably connected ofthe folding of one of said parts lthe other,r said parts being each provided with raised sides which extend around each ofsaid parts and the sides of said parts beiiig overlapped and interlocked where the parts of the shoe are movably conthe toe and heel parts being com 'osed of sheet metal and movably connecte lto permit of the folding of one of said partsupon the other, said parts being each provided with raised sides which extend around each of said parte, the sides of said parts being overlapped and interloeked where the separate parts of the shoe are movably connected, and the heel part being provided with a raised wire mesh ankle portion fashioned to conform with the ankle and secured to the top of the heel part. l A v 3. A protector shoe of the class described jeomprislng a toepart and a heel piirt, said toeV and heel parts being composed ,of sheet n'ietal and movablyv connected to permit of the folding of one of said parts iipon the other, said parts being each provided with raised sides which extend around each of said parts, the sides of said parts being overlapped and interlocked where the separate `parts of the shoe are movably connected, the

`heel part being provided with a raised wire mesh ankle ortion fashioned to conform with the ank e and'secured to the top of the heel part, and Wire mesh straps for securing the toe and heel parts to the foot of the wearer.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names in resence of the subscribing witnesses this 261'J day of February 1919.

ALBERT HENRY. y GILBERT V. B. FRICKE. Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, W'. C. SANFORD, 

